AMES, Iowa (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - After dispatching
Iowa State on Saturday night at Hilton Coliseum, No. 10/10 Green Bay (31-1)
moves on to play against No. 12/11 Kentucky in the second round on Monday night
at 8:45 p.m. CT. The Phoenix is the seventh seed in the Kingston Region while
Kentucky, the SEC regular season champions, is the second seed.

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SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
Expect a fast-paced, up-tempo game on Monday night,
with both teams using pressure defenses. Green Bay averages 74.7 points per
game while Kentucky is averaging 74.4 points per contest.

Despite being led by All-American candidate A'dia
Mathies, UK's major strength is its depth. In Saturday's 68-62 win over McNeese
State, 12 players played for head coach Matthew Mitchell and eight players
scored at least six points. For the season, 11 Wildcats play at least 10
minutes per game.

Kentucky forces 27.7 turnovers per game on the season
and leads the nation in turnover margin (+10.3). The Wildcats were able to
defeat McNeese State despite scoring just nine points off 13 Cowgirl turnovers.

Another major strength of Kentucky is its rebounding.
The Wildcats outrebound their opponents by nearly three boards, doing the
majority of its damage on the offensive glass. UK has tallied 600 offensive
rebounds this season, almost 200 more than its opponents. Mathies leads the
team with 82 boards on the offensive end. Kentucky held a 58-40 rebounding edge
over McNeese State and grabbed 22 offensive rebounds.

When opposing teams do get shots off against the
Wildcats, they especially struggle to shoot from the outside. Kentucky's
three-point shooting defense is just 28.8 percent, with teams making just three
long-range shots per game. McNeese State shot just 30 percent from the field on
Saturday and hit 2-of-9 three-pointers.

MATHIES MATCHUP
A'dia Mathies, the SEC Player of the Year, leads the Wildcats
in scoring at 15.4 points per game. Foul trouble limited Mathies to just 18 minutes
on Saturday and the junior guard went 2-of-10 from the field and finished with
six points. Mathies also leads the team in steals and is a member of the SEC
All-Defensive Team. She has knocked down 48 three-pointers and leads the team
shooting 37.2 percent from long range (48-129).

KEY MATCHUP
Two more under the radar players could have major
impacts in Monday night's game and both led their teams in scoring on Saturday.
UK senior Keyla Snowden was named the Co-6th Woman of the Year in the SEC. The
sharpshooter scored 11 points off the Wildcat bench on Saturday and leads the team
with 53 three-pointers made. In her career, Snowden ranks third on the program's
all-time list with 169 made three-pointers despite playing just three seasons
at UK. For Green Bay, sharpshooter Lydia Bauer (Lake Zurich, Ill.) broke out of a shooting slump on Saturday and led
the team with 16 points. Bauer drained 4-of-7 three-pointers, including three
in the opening half. The junior southpaw has also made 53 triples this season
and is averaging 11.2 points per game.

TALL ORDER
Kentucky starts four players that are listed at
5-foot-10 or under, but the Wildcats certainly have some size that the Phoenix
will have to deal with. Samantha Drake, who had eight points, six rebounds and
four blocked shots on Saturday, stands at 6-foot-3 and starts as the lone
forward on the squad. Off the bench, Mitchell brings in 6-foot-3 Azia Bishop
and 6-foot-1 Samarie Walker. The duo combined for 18 points, 16 rebounds and
four blocked shots in 37 minutes on Saturday, with Bishop scoring 10 points and
Walker grabbing a team-best 13 rebounds.

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